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Dust to dust
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It boggles the mind to think of something as unassuming and ubiquitous as dust could contain information (when properly analysed) which can yield traces of history spanning many decades or even centuries. But, the question remains: "To clean or not to clean?"
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Incidentally, an update on Xu Bing, the New York-based artist, who worked with dust collected from New York's Chinatown after the September 11 attacks.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/11/arts/design/11LLOY.htmlAlso see earlier post:
http://home2.pacific.net.sg/~schizoid/para/2004/03/from-new-york-times-artist-who-worked.htm